Swingable Patents (Class 160/335)
  • Patent number: 8701740
    Abstract: The device includes two sub-assemblies (1) for mounting the rail (2) for supporting the curtain on the leaves (3) of the window, each sub-assembly having a plate (5) and an offset arm (6). The plate is formed so as to be able to be fixed to the upper edge of a leaf (3), in the vicinity of the pivot axis thereof, and includes mounting elements (14) for pivotably mounting the offset arm thereon, along an axis extending, after mounting on the leaf (3), parallel to the pivot axis of the leaf. The offset arm (6) is formed to offset the rail (2) relative to the wall; it is pivotably mounted on the plate (5) by the mounting elements and is pivotably connected to the rail (2) at a point thereof which is longitudinally fixed, also along an axis parallel to the pivot axis of the leaf (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Inventors: José Navarro, Edouard Navarro
  • Patent number: 8341775
    Abstract: An adjustable curved double curtain rod shower assembly for hanging and supporting the weight of two shower curtains and attached to the walls of a shower area and forms a shower enclosure area and the curtain rod assembly comprises: (a) two adjustable curved curtain rods in a horizontal plane one an inner rod and the second an outer rod and each rod comprises a first and a second tubular section wherein the first section fits into the second section thereby providing for telescopic adjustment of each of the rods and two end pieces that join the ends of each of the two adjustable rods together; (b) two end hanging means having pivotably positioned therein the two end pieces wherein each of the hanging means is attached to the walls of the shower enclosure and when shower curtains are attached to each of the rods form an enclosed shower area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Zenith Products Corporation
    Inventor: Kaveh Didehvar
  • Patent number: 7445280
    Abstract: A privacy screen assembly, designed for use by a nursing mother, includes at least one cross member which carries a screen. The cross member is adapted to be connected to a wheeled transport device or the like for the nursing mother. Preferably, the cross member is movable between a stowed position, wherein the cross member placed in an unobtrusive location, and an in-use position, wherein the cross member extends across the torso of the nursing mother. The screen is slidably mounted on the cross member to provide the requisite privacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Inventor: Anne Marie Stoline-Litwin
  • Patent number: 7128127
    Abstract: A fabric display includes a fabric arm having a main segment that extends forward and terminates in a reverse bend segment at a front end of the fabric arm. A bend arm extends rearward from the reverse bend segment and is adapted to support a leading “salvage” edge of a fabric sheet that is displayed on the fabric arm so that a relatively clean “roll” edge of the fabric is presented to viewers at a front end of the fabric arm adjacent the reverse bend segment. Opposing fabric arms may be attached to a pivotable support arm to allow viewers to easily observe two separate fabric sheets supported on the opposing fabric arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Inventors: Steven Reed Love, Jian Lou
  • Patent number: 6588060
    Abstract: A hinged drapery rod provides a continuous drapery mounting surface that extends across a two-panel door configuration wherein one door is stationary and the other door is operable, opening interiorly and hinged between the doors. The hinged drapery rod of the invention comprises a flexible, expandable bridging member extending between and attached to two directionally opposed elongated rods. The length of the flexible, expandable bridging member varies during opening and closing of the operating door. The drapery rod of the invention allows a continuous drapery to be mounted across the two-door configuration and also may be used on a single door/window combination where the door is hinged between the door and the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Inventors: Anita Arentsen, Robert Mrugala
  • Patent number: 6499186
    Abstract: A hinged drapery rod provides a continuous drapery mounting surface that extends across a two-panel door configuration wherein one door is stationary and the other door is operable, opening interiorly and hinged between the doors. The hinged drapery rod of the invention is constructed so that the length of the rod varies during opening and closing of the operating door. The drapery rod of the invention allows a continuous drapery to be mounted across the two-door configuration and also may be used on a single door/window combination where the door is hinged between the door and the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Inventor: Anita Arentsen
  • Patent number: 5547010
    Abstract: A curtain frame (10) adapted to be mounted in windows of various sizes has a peripheral frame (11), a telescopic upper curtain rod (12), a telescopic lower curtain rod (13) and a pair of hinges (15). The peripheral frame has four L-shaped corner members (17), a pair of upright members (20) telescopically mounted to the corner members and a pair of cross members (21) telescopically mounted to the corner members. A curtain (14) is mounted at one to the upper curtain rod and releasably mounted at its opposite end to the lower curtain rod. The vertical members and the cross members are slidably adjusted within the corner members to fit a window of a selected size with the curtain rods being self adjusted in length without altering its spacing from the upper cross member. The hinges allow the peripheral frame to be moved between a closed position covering the window and an open position opened uncovering the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Inventor: Leigh S. Stuart